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new york's power utility called sandy the worst natural disaster in its 180-year hisity. also new today, 80% of subway service is now restored. several lines are running again. more will come back on line today. now to the situation out on the roads, nbc's katie tour is live at a gas station on new york city's west side fours. she's been keeping an close eye on the lines all day today. there we go. get you all centered up. how do they look right now? are we any better since the last hour, katie? >> reporter: yeah, it's a little bit better. the gas station is getting sick of the media they wanted me to come two feet forward on the sidewalk which is public property. good news for this station that is getting a ton of publicity for this. this gas truck right here just arrived which means they can start pumping in just a moment. they have been stopped since 10:00 this morning. they started filling up at 5:00 a.m. and within five hours they went totally dry. that's what you're seeing across new york and across new jersey. in new york they've just instituted new rules. they've
new york's power utility called sandy the worst natural disaster in its 180-year hisity. also new today, 80% of subway service is now restored. several lines are running again. more will come back on line today. now to the situation out on the roads, nbc's katie tour is live at a gas station on new york city's west side fours. she's been keeping an close eye on the lines all day today. there we go. get you all centered up. how do they look right now? are we any better since the last hour,...
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but first, the aftermath of hurricane sandy, today janet napolitano will travel to meet with new jersey state officials. long lines continue at gas stations as the state enters his second day of rationing. richard lui is live for us. how about this rationing system? is it actually working? >> reporter: it is so far. good day to you. they haven't seen a rationing system in this since gerald ford in the 1970s. it's really simple. on an even day, even-numbered license plates can come and get gasoline. on norm people with odd number license plates, that's when you get gas. what is in question for some is what if you have a gas canister. this is what happened earlier today. >> call the cop. why are you shutting it off? >> you got to give me gas. >> reporter: that was a conflict earlier here. the gas station owners that wasst that's up to them whether they'd allow canisters to be filled. it's a tough choice. there's a million people right now that don't have electricity in the state. they use that gas to run that. the line here, about an hour and a half. three people who had odd-numbered lice
but first, the aftermath of hurricane sandy, today janet napolitano will travel to meet with new jersey state officials. long lines continue at gas stations as the state enters his second day of rationing. richard lui is live for us. how about this rationing system? is it actually working? >> reporter: it is so far. good day to you. they haven't seen a rationing system in this since gerald ford in the 1970s. it's really simple. on an even day, even-numbered license plates can come and get...
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thinks fellow governor chris christie had the right approach in new jersey in the aftermath of hurricane sandy. here in the state of new york, not so much. >> i am extraordinarily disappointed in the response. it is now more than well over two weeks after the storm and there are still people who have no power. to me that's inexcusable. but one of the things i learned, and i had everything from ice storms to hideous floods to blizzards to hurricanes, and, of course, september 11th when i was governor, is that the important thing is while people are still at risk, not to try to figure out and point fingers of blame, but to solve the problem. >> this is going to take a huge undertaking to figure out how to put wires underground, how to build walls. i mean is that -- >> i don't think it's that hard. i really don't think it is that hard. i think it's been a failure of policy for a long time. i mean it is absurd right now, in very vulnerable areas, where decade, after decade, we have storms wipe out the entire electrical system, that we put up what was there before the storm. at enormous cost. it is
thinks fellow governor chris christie had the right approach in new jersey in the aftermath of hurricane sandy. here in the state of new york, not so much. >> i am extraordinarily disappointed in the response. it is now more than well over two weeks after the storm and there are still people who have no power. to me that's inexcusable. but one of the things i learned, and i had everything from ice storms to hideous floods to blizzards to hurricanes, and, of course, september 11th when i...
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even before sandy. from these rising sea levels and increase intensity storms. >> so coral, where does the conflict come from, then, within the scientific community? because it seems like there are two camps on the legitimacy of climate change. >> the journal -- the national academy of sciences, the journal, proceedings of the national academy of sciences took a survey of scientists who work on this a couple of years ago, and there was agreement among 97% of scientists that fossil fuel emissions from human activity lead to global warming. are warming the atmosphere. that's an incredibly high consensus. so it's 97% in agreement. 3% in disagreement. at this consensus. at this point the scientific consensus is very, very strong that burning coal and oil and fossil fuels is warming the planet and leading to these extreme weather situations. >> so, this question really, then, is directed to the 3% of scientists as we look at the latest cover of "business week" it speaks for itself, coral, we had new york cit
even before sandy. from these rising sea levels and increase intensity storms. >> so coral, where does the conflict come from, then, within the scientific community? because it seems like there are two camps on the legitimacy of climate change. >> the journal -- the national academy of sciences, the journal, proceedings of the national academy of sciences took a survey of scientists who work on this a couple of years ago, and there was agreement among 97% of scientists that fossil...
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. >>> hurricane sandy is only the latest in what have become all too frequent occurrences of extreme weather. the new documentary "chasing ice "follows a photographer and his team as they record the impact of our warming planet. >> it all started in iceland. >> think i'm so certain to get wet i'll take my boots off. >> i never imagined that you could see glaciers this big disappearing in such a short time. there's a powerful piece of history that's unfolding in these pictures, and i have to go back. >> joining me now is james balogg, photographer and environmentalist and author of the newly released "ice, portraits of vanishing glaciers." welcome to you, james, i tell you the pictures are remarkable. what got you involved in this? >> i've been fascinated by mountains in polar regions my whole life. but what really kicked it off for me was the realization back in the 90s that climate change was real and it was a product of actual physical empire cal evidence that thousands of people had collected from all around the world for many years. and it's not hypothetical. it's not about compu
. >>> hurricane sandy is only the latest in what have become all too frequent occurrences of extreme weather. the new documentary "chasing ice "follows a photographer and his team as they record the impact of our warming planet. >> it all started in iceland. >> think i'm so certain to get wet i'll take my boots off. >> i never imagined that you could see glaciers this big disappearing in such a short time. there's a powerful piece of history that's unfolding...
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and a lot of these analysts were saying that because of sandy they might have a lot of overinventory. they'll be able to get rid of that. but the prices on some of that stuff, i think there was a 12-cup coffeemaker there priced at $9.94. i could probably use something like that. >> me, too. we can share that. what about the deal with mcdonald's having dropped earnings expectations first time in nine years? what are they doing to fix that? >> mcdonald's actually in addition to having earnings drop in the first time in nine years, sales also plummeted because of the global slowdown. what they're trying to do now, they have this new menu that came out that really targeted higher prices, new like refined menu with better beef. now they're trying to focus on that dollar menu. they want to go back to that core customer and target that person. >> you know that $12 coffeemaker? it might be good. because the price of coffee has fallen but not in toempls what we pay. what's tt about? >> i know you're a fan of starbucks. i am, too. starbucks is not going to drop their prices. wholesale prices ha
and a lot of these analysts were saying that because of sandy they might have a lot of overinventory. they'll be able to get rid of that. but the prices on some of that stuff, i think there was a 12-cup coffeemaker there priced at $9.94. i could probably use something like that. >> me, too. we can share that. what about the deal with mcdonald's having dropped earnings expectations first time in nine years? what are they doing to fix that? >> mcdonald's actually in addition to having...